Barron, Eric J.

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Name (Latin)

Barron, Eric J.

Date of birth

1951-10-26

Associated country

United States

Field of activity

Earth sciences

Oceanography

universites and colleges administration

Occupation

College presidents

Deans (Education)

Earth scientists

Oceanographers

Associated Language

eng

Gender

male

MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 375149068561165730003

Wikidata: Q5386781

Library of congress: n 86047724

HAI10: 000035257

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Eric J. Barron; Eric James Barron (born October 26, 1951) is an American academic administrator who was the 18th president of the Pennsylvania State University from 2014 until 2022. Previously, he was the 14th president of Florida State University and director of the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado. Barron was born on October 26, 1951, in Lafayette, Indiana. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science in geology from Florida State University in 1972 and a Master of Science in oceanography 1976 and a Ph.D. in 1980, both from the University of Miami. From 1980 to 1985, Barron was employed by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado, as a post-doctoral research fellow and scientist. He subsequently was an associate professor at the University of Miami from 1985 to 1986. Beginning in 1986, Barron was a faculty member at the Pennsylvania State University in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, becoming the dean until leaving Penn State in 2006, to become dean of the Jackson School of Geosciences at the University of Texas at Austin. There, he held the Jackson chair in earth system science. In 2008, Barron left the University of Texas to become director of the National Center for Atmospheric Sciences (NCAR) from 2008 to 2010, until being named president of Florida State University in December 2009. Barron was the 14th president of FSU from February 1, 2010, until stepping down on April 2, 2014, after being named the president-elect of the Pennsylvania State University in February 2014. Barron's tenure ended in May 2022, when he was succeeded by Neeli Bendapudi ( (Wikipedia, August 31, 2022) )
Parrish, J. T. Paleoclimates and economic geology, 1986:t.p. (Eric J. Barron, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, Miami, Fl.)

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